SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND GIVE YOUR BRIGHT YOUNG THING A CITY JOURNALISM START February 2, 2011 WITH Apprentice Week kicking off on Monday, readers should be wise to a special charity sale going on next week as City A.M. gives some bright young thing a two-week internship to kickstart their business journalism career. The auction is taking place at the Square Mile Salute, a charity banquet supported by City A.M. next [...]
SUPPORT THE TROOPS AND GIVE YOUR BRIGHT YOUNG THING A CITY JOURNALISM START February 2, 2011 WITH Apprentice Week kicking off on Monday, readers should be wise to a special charity sale going on next week as City A.M. gives some bright young thing a two-week internship to kickstart their business journalism career. The auction is taking place at the Square Mile Salute, a charity banquet supported by City A.M. next [...]
Property prices up 1.8 per cent in October November 4, 2010 House prices in the UK rose by 1.8 per cent in October compared with the previous month, the Halifax said. The average home cost £164,919, according to the survey. “An increase in the number of properties available for sale in recent months, together with a decline in demand, has put some downward pressure on prices [...]
H&M hits its revenue targets November 15, 2010 FASHION giant H&M yesterday posted a slight rise in sales at established stores, up three per cent last month from 2009’s figure. The Swedish retailer said total sales, which includes newly opened stores, were up 13 per cent in October. Figures for overall sales and for stores open a year or more were exactly in [...]
Hohn’s hedgies struggle November 30, 2010 THE CHILDREN’S Investment Fund has seen profits from its hedge funds tumble more than 80 per cent in the last 18 months, after its investments failed to perform. The company, run by Chris Hohn and known for its sale of a stake in bank ABN Amro to RBS shortly before its nationalisation, made pre-tax profit [...]
Rail revolution opens new areas for commuters December 2, 2010 ASK any Londoner what irritates them most about the city and they will say two things. First, the transport is rubbish and second, it is too hard to buy a decent, affordable home. For families who want their children to grow up outside London, the misery of the commute has to be weighed against the [...]
Incomes boost for US hopes November 24, 2010 Consumer growth could hold the key to a US recovery, a survey showed yesterday. Personal incomes were up 0.5 per cent in October according to the Personal Income and Outlays report compiled by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis. “Growth in personal income is increasingly being driven by wages and salaries, rather than government transfers,” [...]
House sales up, says taxman October 21, 2009 HOUSE sales in the UK lifted over the summer despite the downturn, according to figures released yesterday by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). Sales of residential properties costing more than £40,000 rose from 80,000 in August to 82,000 in September. And sales in the three months to the end of September were 11 per cent [...]
Optimism for US recovery December 1, 2010 STEADY growth is being observed in the US, the central bank reported last night. In its latest beige book, the Federal Reserve said the economy “continued to improve, on balance” from early/mid-October to mid-November. Manufacturing activity continued to grow in “almost all” districts, reflecting optimistic results from yesterday’s ISM manufacturing index. The beige book found [...]
Nationwide says house price slump unlikely November 23, 2010 Nationwide Building Society, Britain’s second-biggest mortgage lender, reported a 26 per cent jump in first-half profit, and said it did not expect big house price falls despite signs of property market weakness. Nationwide, which publishes a closely watched monthly house price survey, said major price falls were unlikely in 2011 because continued low interest rates [...]